IND L!VE offers highlights of the many live music events taking place around Acadiana this weekend.
Thursday, April 28
Blue Moon Saloon
Doors: 9 p.m.
Join Blue Moon Saloon as they pay tribute to this great country artist. As a performer and a songwriter, Merle Haggard was the most important country artist to emerge in the 1960s. Haggard became one of the leading figures of the Bakersfield country scene in the '60s. While his music remained hardcore country, he pushed the boundaries of the music quite far. Like his idol Bob Wills, his music was a melting pot that drew from all forms of traditional American music -- country, jazz, blues, and folk -- and in the process, developed a distinctive style of his own. As a performer, singer, and musician, he was one of the best, influencing countless other artists. Not coincidentally, he was the best singer/songwriter in country music since Hank Williams, writing a body of songs that became classics. Throughout his career, Haggard has been a champion of the working man, largely due to his rough and tumble history.
RHYTHMS ON THE RIVER: KEITH FRANK & THE SOILEAU ZYDECO BAND
Thursday, April 28
River Ranch Town Square
Doors: 5:30 p.m.
Music! Food! Fun! We hope to see you there! This concert is free! No ice chests or pets, please. River Ranch Town Square - 5:30-8:30 PM.
CURLEY TAYLOR & ZYDECO TROUBLE + CC ADCOCK & THE LAFAYETTE MARQUIS
Friday, April 29
Feed & Seed
Doors: 9:30 p.m.
Admission: $10
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble and CC Adcock & The Lafayette Marquis performs at Feed & Seed. Doors open at 8; show starts promptly at 9:30. Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble His bluesy, soulful vocals and the band's hard driving Zydeco beat blend to create high-energy dance music for all audiences. Curley's music is true to its roots in Zydeco and Blues, but contemporary enough to appeal to a broad range of music lovers. C.C. Adcock is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and blues rock musician, noted for his cajun, zydeco, electric blues and swamp pop-influenced sound and for his efforts to preserve and promote swamp pop music.
Friday, April 29
Parc Sans Souci
Doors: 5:30 p.m.
This season, DTA! is bringing some of the best Cajun and Zydeco party bands with Roddie Romero & the Hub City Allstars and Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas; rock favorites that you won’t find anywhere else like Cowboy Mouth; fresh faces to DTA! such as Zydeco Radio and The Revelers; national Country stars Little Texas and closing out with local legends the Boogie Kings. Hear them all in the DTA! Spring 2016 Playlist. DTA! begins at 5:30 p.m. with food and beverage concessions – musical performances from 6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted. Concession sales help keep DTA! free, so leave your ice chests at home with your pets and don’t be a mooch, buy DTA! For more information, visit http://www.downtownlafayette.org. Downtown Alive! is produced by Downtown Lafayette in cooperation with Lafayette Consolidated Government.
SUNPIE AND THE LOUISIANA SUNSPOTS
Friday, April 29
Blue Moon Saloon
Doors: 9 p.m.
Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots perform live at Blue Moon Saloon.
THE YVETTE LANDRY BAND + THE LAFAYETTE RHYTHM DEVILS
Friday, April 29
Artmosphere Bistro
Doors: 9 p.m.
The Yvette Landry Band performs live at Artmosphere along with The Lafayette Rhythm Devils.
BOOM BOOM BURLESQUE WITH GRETA DEAR
Saturday, April 30
Blue Moon Saloon
Doors: 9:30 p.m.
Admission: $10
Join us Saturday, April 30th, for an evening of burlesque and rock n' roll! Come out and see Boom! Boom! Burlesque as they welcome, all the way from New Orleans, the 'best booty in the Big Easy', Roxie Le Rouge! Performances by an all-star cast of your favorite Boomers will also join the show! One of Lafayette's alternative rock bands, Greta, Dear, will be there to kick off the night at 10pm! The burlesque show will begin at 11pm, and cover is $10 for a whole night of rock n' roll and bump n' grind! See you there!
Saturday, April 30
Artmosphere Bistro
Doors: 9 p.m.
Michael Juan Nunez celebrates the release of his latest album "Rise" at Artmosphere Bistro.
THE SHAKE BACKS + PAGODA MAMBO + AEP
Saturday, April 30
Feed & Seed
Doors: 9 p.m.
Admission: $10
The Shake Backs make their return as Feed N Seed Lafayette welcomes Pagoda Mambo along with Aep out of Lake Charles.